Malaysia: Women Plead Not Guilty To Kim Jong-nam Murder

Shannon Reynolds |Wednesday, October 04, 2017

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He was testifying at the trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28, who are charged with murdering Kim Chol. They have claimed that they took part in the process as they were told it was a prank for a hidden camera for a TV show.

Kim died about 20 minutes in agony after the VX was rubbed on his face.

In that time, Kim Jong-nam, the estranged brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, grew increasingly desperate for help. Four left Malaysia immediately after the killing, and three others were allowed to leave the country in March after questioning by investigators.

The two women could face a death sentence if found guilty.

The defense lawyers had asked for the four North Koreans to be named in court but their request was turned down by the judge.

Mr Kim died in February at Kuala Lumpur's airport in a mysterious case that has gripped the world.

"I saw him clutching his head and he was closing his eyes tightly". His eyes were red and the police officer said he could still see some liquid on Kim's face.

Kim, who was 45 or 46, was the eldest son of the family that has ruled North Korea since its founding. He said Kim then had seizure-like symptoms and his blood pressure, blood oxygen level and pulse plunged.

"We are fairly confident that at the end of trial, they will probably be acquitted", Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, a lawyer representing Huong, said on Monday.

Kim Jong-nam, exiled half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-unn, in Narita, Japan. But after North Korea barred Malaysian diplomats and their families from leaving its territory, Malaysia relented.

Pyongyang has denied any role in the killing and hasn't even acknowledged the dead man was Kim Jong Nam.

"For this man (Kim Chol), after I opened his mouth, there was a lot of blood, saliva, mucus and vomit mixture which blocked my view to search for the trachea's opening".

The two defendants listened intently and were briefed by translators during the trial, with Huong smiling on several occasions. The man told her that two women had approached him from behind and smeared a substance on his face, Juliana testified.

Their lawyers argue the women were duped and the true culprits were North Korean agents who told the women what to do.

She said the reading could have been achieved if the accused was exposed to low amount or within a short period of time, and absorption through the skin was lower compared to the poison being swallowed or inhaled.

She was paid up to $200 for each "prank".

Two women were arrested days after the killing of Kim Jong-nam on February 13 as he was due to board to Macau at Kuala Lumpur airport.

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